Dough-divider.



R. A. SCHULZ. DoUGH DIVIDBR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1o 1911. l L021,896.Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

jatented Apr. 2, i912.

Applioatin sled .inne 1o, 1911. sel-iai no. esa/iss.

'i'o all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, RnrnrroLo A. SCHULZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. liouis,`Missouri, have invented a certain 5 new anduseful Improvement in Dough- Dividers, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, such as will' enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same,'refer 1o .encebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, forming partof thisspecification, in

which-` Figure l is aplan view of .a dough divider of my improvedconstruction. Fig. 2

is an end elevation of the dough divider. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectiontaken approXi mately on the line 3-3of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail section illustrating the manner of attaching the cutting disks tothe tubular hubs,

My invention relatesto a dough divider particularly intended for bakersuse in dividing or cutting a body of dough of' unil-orin thickness intostrips of uniform Width,

which strips are to be formed into pretzels, snake rolls, cinnamonrolls, and the like.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a y simple implementadapted forhand manipulation, and which comprises a plurality ofl so sets ofcutters, lwhich when the device'is in use will readily outa body ofrolled out dough into a series of strips of uniform Width. y

To the ahovqpurposes my invention oonand arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described and claimed.

. As shown in the accompanying drawings the frame of niy. improved doughdivider to comprises a pair of disks 1, preferably formed otsheet metal,and connecting said disks are tubes 2, the ends of which are rigidlyfixed in any suitable manner. These tubes are radially arranged withrespectto serve as hearings for the hubs or sleeves carrying the cuttingdisks hereinafter described. ltigidly'iixed in any suitable 1nan ner tothe o'enter of each disk l and project- 5e ing outwardly therefrom is ahandle 3 which is preferably triangular in cross section in orderto befirmly gripped by the hand when the device is inuse. .Mounted oneac'liitnbe 2 is a series ot short 5e tubular sleeves 4, Whichform hubsfor the cutting disks 5, which latter are provided with sharp edges 6.These tubular sleeves arer mounted. to 'rotate independently upon thetubes 2 and the sleeves of each seriesuor set are uniform .in length,and thus the cutting disks 5 of each particular setor series arearranged at uniform'. distances apart.

The cutting disks' of one series are arranged comparatively closetogether in order tofcut strips of dough which are coln-l and suchstrips are genparatively narrow, Y einlly used for making pretzels, orrings and the like.V` The' cutting disks of a second rseries are spacedfarther apart than are the disks of the first series, and this secondseries of cutters will out strips of dough of medium width, which stripsare generally used for making what are known to the trade as snakerolls. The disks of the third series t are spaced farther lapart thanare the disks of the second series, and thus thedis ks of the thirdseries will 'out comparatively Wide strips of dough, which strips aregenerally used for making what is known to the trade cinnamon rolls. j

Each cutting disk 5 isrigidly iXed upon one of the tubular sleeves 4.-by cutting away Aor turning down one end of the tubular sleeve therebyforming a portioniahaving an external diameter which is less than theexternal diameter ot the main body portion of said slee-ve. Suchconstruction forms a shoulder@ and the disk 5 is provided in its centerwith an opening of such size as to lit snugly on the reduced end of thesleeve. The disk i positioned on the reduced end of the sleeve againstthe shoulder 4J and the projecting portion of the reduced end is flangedor riveted outwardly against the out-er face of said-disk (see Fig. 4;).

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It will be readily understoodltliat dough i' dividers of my improvedconstruction can be made in various sizes` as desired, `and the rotarycntting disks can be spacedapart and madeof various sizes as desired. Y

The use of my improved dough divider is obvious. The body of dough islrolled out to the desired thickness upon a dat surface such asa moldingboard andthe operator now manually engages the handles 3 and the set orseries of rotary cutting disks neoessary ,to .cut the body desired Widtharev now rolled over the molding board through the body ofdough thereon,thereby cutting t-hev same into strips of uniform Width, l

A dough divider of my improved conf dough into strips ofv struction iseomptiretively light in Weight,

can readily he manipulated, can be made in various sizes desired andprovides simple means for cutting or dividing a body of dough intostrips of uniform Width to be `used in making pretzels or rings, snakerolls,`cinnamon rolls and the like.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the form, size andConstruction of my improved device muy be made and substituted for thoseherein shown and described without departing from the spirit of myinvention, the .scope of .vhiehisset forth in the appended claims. 4

l claim:

l. The hereiirdeserihed dough-divider comprising ai pair of endplates,@handle fixed to each platte, a series `ot' tubufl'irvv spindles havingtheir ends seated lnsaridV plates`v a series of tubular hubs mounted oneach spindle, the hubs of one set varying in length with respect to theremaining set'md rotary cutting disks fixed to said hubs.

Q. In-a dough, divider of the class'described, a series ot' tubularspindles, a C0mnion support for all of the spindles et each end thereof,:i series of independent tubular hubs mounted on each spindle, and acutting disk fixed to each tubular huh.

3. 1n :i dough divider of the class described, a 'pair of end plates, ahandle xed to euch plate, :i series of spindles having their ends fixedto the plates, :i series of tubular hubs mounted on euch spindle undrotary cutting disks carried by said hubs.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix 'my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses, this 7th dey of June, 1911.

, REINHOLD AISCHULZ. 1Witnesses M. P. SMrrH,

B. S. REID.

